Anna de Noailles

thumb| Anna, Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles (née Anna Elisabeth Bibesco-Bassaraba de Brancovan; 15 November 1876 – 30 April 1933) was a French writer of Romanian, Greek and Bulgarian descent, a poet, and a socialist feminist. Quotes Prenez-vous, quittez-vous, cherchez-vous tour à tour, Il n’est rien de réel que le rêve et l’amour. Take each other, leave each other, seek each other in turn: Nothing is real but dreams and love. Le Cœur innombrable (1901) pt. 4, no. 7 On aime Plus âprement que l'on ne hait! We women love more bitterly than we hate. Poème de l'amour (1924) no. 102 Astres qui regardez les mondes où nous sommes, Pure armée au repos dans la hauteur des cieux, Campement éternel, léger, silencieux, Que pensez-vous de voir s'anéantir les hommes? Stars that behold our world upon its way,Pure legions camped upon the plains of night,Mute watchful hosts of heaven, what must you sayWhen men destroy each other in their might? Nos Morts ('Our Dead') l. 1, as translated by Edith Wharton, The Book of the Homeless (1916) p. 21 External links Category:Novelists from France Category:Poets from France Category:Socialist feminists Category:Women authors from France Category:1876 births Category:1933 deaths Category:Women born in the 19th century